Firm to aid Gulf Breeze master plan

Public hearings, ordinances must be written before code can change, city manager says

11:44 PM,
Feb. 12, 2014

Written by

Michael Scott Davidson
mdavidson@pnj.com

The Gulf Breeze City Council discussed how to best mesh its ambitious, newly minted master plan and the city's current codes and ordinances Wednesday night.

"Everything that a city does with regard to land development has to be in the comprehensive plan first and then in the zoning and land development code second," City Manager Edwin "Buz" Eddy said. "The comprehensive plan and the land use code and the land development code have not been changed to reflect what is in the Master Plan yet."

Eddy told fellow council members that according to state law and city code there must be a series of public ...